The Discipline Of Getting Expert Advice – 6 Ways Getting Expert Advice Will Stretch You
The top experts in the world are ardent students. The day you stop learning, you’re definitely not an expert.
After seeing our nutritionist, I changed by morning routine. I used to do cardio and leave a little time for lifting at the end. Now, I lift first before I do the cardio part of my workout. Yesterday morning, I was at the gym when one of the trainers started watching me as I spent time on a few of the strength machines. He interrupted me a few times to give me tips on how to more effectively use the machines. Then he took me over to a few other pieces of apparatus to show me a few other strengthening exercises. Again, I just needed a little expert advice to get me heading in the right direction.
Last night, I contacted a garage door expert to help me with a problem with one of my garage doors. When he came over, he made a few adjustments and recommendations, and my garage door started working properly again. I just needed a little expert advice.
My natural tendency is to do things on my own. I don’t like asking for help, but I don’t have time to figure everything out by myself. Sometimes it pays to call in the experts. I must learn to practice the discipline of getting expert advice. This discipline will save me a lot of time and aggravation when I hit a roadblock.
If you are like me, you probably struggle to practice the discipline of getting expert advice. Here are a few ways expert advice will help you stretch:
6 Ways Getting Expert Advice Will Stretch You
- Getting expert advice will humble you. Most men have trouble asking for help. Asking for help requires humility, and learning to be humble can be a stretching experience.
- Getting expert advice will help you learn. As the garage door repairman worked on our garage door, I watched and learned. Next time I have a problem with the door, I will have a few things to try.
- Getting expert advice will give others the opportunity to speak into your life and your challenges. People want to help, and they want to use the knowledge and skill they’ve picked up along the way. When you ask for expert advice, you provide the chance for others to help you.
- Getting expert advice will ultimately save you time and energy. Most of us don’t like to ask for expert advice, because we don’t want to pay for it. In reality experts often bring value into our lives that far outweighs the financial impact.
- Getting expert advice will help you meet many new people. I didn’t know the trainer at the gym or the garage door repairman before I asked for their expert advice. I like meeting new people, and asking for expert advice gives me the opportunity to plug into people I don’t know yet.
- Getting expert advice prepares me to help other people. Ultimately, I want to help other people. By asking for expert advice, I either gain transferable knowledge or valuable connections that I can pass along to others.